A 26-year-old Derbyshire man sat in court and bravely watched the CCTV of him being stabbed twice as he was sat in a car.

The victim and his parents looked on at Derby Crown Court as the footage showed Mark Hill run up to the car, punch the man while he was in the passenger seat and then lunge at him with a knife.

The film then showed Hill flee before the man he stabbed was helped from the car and slumped on to the floor of the Asda car park where the shocking attack took place.

The hearing was told how he suffered a puncture to the stomach wall from a knife wound to the abdomen and was in intensive care in hospital for six days.

In a victim impact statement he told how even three months later he “has to lie down much of the time” because of the pain he still feels.

What the judge said

Jailing Hill, 38, of six years and eight months, Judge Shaun Smith QC said: “Many die from a single blow from a knife.

“Knives are ruining many young people’s lives on a regular basis.

“What happened on that night was dreadful for the victim and his family.

“He went out that night with his mates for a night out and they came across you.

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“Words were exchanged and that was the catalyst.

“There is no excuse for what you did and what the victim experienced when he was sat in that car will stay with him for a very long time.

“He made no threat, there was no provocation, he was just sat in the car waiting for his friend to come out of the supermarket.

“You ran up and punched him once and stabbed him twice then ran off.”

The prosecution's case

Sarah Slater, prosecuting, said the stabbing happened in the car park of an Asda store at around 7.30pm on July 5.

She said the victim was out with friends and as they left a pub to go to buy cigarettes at the nearby supermarket, “words were exchanged” between that group and Hill, who was stood outside with his girlfriend.

Miss Slater said: “As the victim was sat in the passenger seat of the car the defendant is captured on CCTV running up to open window, punching him once and them stabbing him twice while he is sat there before fleeing.”

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Miss Slater said Hill was arrested two days later and answered “no comment” to the questions he was asked in his police interview.

He was originally charged with attempted murder but this was lowered to wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.

Hill pleaded guilty to that and to additional charges of shoplifting and for being in breach of a suspended sentence.

The incident took place in the car park of Asda in Sheffield Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield.

What was said on Hill's behalf

Andrew Vout, mitigating, said his client, of Princess Street, Brimington, has been a heroin addict since the age of 19 and had the knife with him on the night of the incident to use to cut security tags from items he had stolen from shops.

He said: “Words have been exchanged a minute or two before the incident and this was the result.

“He’s lost his temper but why he uses a weapon is beyond anyone.

“He is sorry, this would never have happened if he had not been intoxicated.